01311nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001200118653001500130653002100145100001600166700001400182700001900196245009000215300001200305490000700317520075300324022001401077020001401091       2005                            d  c07/2005bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aBurnout10aengagement10aEfficacy beliefs1 aM. Salanova1 aE. Bresó1 aW.B. Schaufeli00aTowards a spiral model of the efficacy beliefs in the study of burnout and engagement  a215-2310 v113 aIn this study the Downward and Upward Spiral Model of efficacy beliefs is tested in two samples of Spanish (N=203) and Belgian (N=150) university students respectively. Results from Structural Equations Modeling showed empirical support for the Downward Spiral Model of burnout, which is considered as a crisis of efficacy , and for the Upward Spiral Model of engagement, which as a  boost of efficacy . Results also show empirical support to the mediating role that efficacy beliefs play in the relationship between past success and burnout/engagement on the one hand, and self-efficacy beliefs about academic success on the other hand. Moreover, using multigroup analysis it was shown that the research model was invariant of across both samples.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437